Black Christians Largely Absent from U.S. Missionary Force

Wed, Oct. 06 2010
By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter

Richard Coleman has a passion for missions. But he's concerned that many of his African-American brethren aren't on the same page with him.

Black churches overall have not been reinforcing the missionary force out of the United States. And Coleman is hoping they'll confront their longstanding lack of involvement and make their way overseas to the millions who have never heard of Jesus.

According to the 2007 African American Missions Mobilization Manifesto by Columbia International University, blacks make up less than one percent of the total number (118,600) of U.S. missionaries.

But Coleman, who serves as the director of candidacy and mobilization for The Mission Society, didn't have to look to statistics to realize that blacks were largely absent from the mission fields. the rest